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10 July 2013

Howard Jones gets IMYC Students Singing

IMYC students at the International School of Riga in Latvia welcomed singer/songwriter Howard Jones to the school to help them with their final rehearsals for this year’s Voices Around The World project.

IS Riga is one of over 1,500 schools from all over the world (including several IMYC member schools) that have signed up to participate in the global recording of a song written especially for the project by Howard Jones called ‘Unshakeable’. Howard and Voices Around The World organiser, Laurie Lewin have been visiting a number of schools to support them in their preparations for their recordings.

Teacher Kathryn Pescod from IS Riga says “It was a really great experience for the students to work with Howard and Laurie. They really enjoyed talking with the guys and finding out more about the project and the ideas behind the songs. Howard was able to spend time with the all the students polishing up the song an adding the final touches. He then worked with two groups on the recording. The students gave Howard and Laurie some ideas for future songs and were stimulated to think about global issues again themselves. It was a great day and we are already signed up for the project next year.”

Schools from countries as far and wide as Peru, Nigeria, South Korea, Australia, Latvia, Dubai, Mexico and the UK who are taking part will all submit their own recordings which will then be produced into one single recording of ‘Unshakeable’. The hope is to hit the record books by recording the largest ever international youth choir. The single will be released as a charity single in December. For more details on the project visit www.voicesaround.com